Officers of the Delta State Police Command have neutralised a notorious three-man robbery gang, killing one of the suspects along Egbo/Otokutu in Otu-Jeremi, Ughelli-South Local Government Area of Delta State.
The incident which occurred after a gun duel between the police and the robbery gang followed intensified Stop-and-Search Operation along the robbery flashpoint at Otokutu road.
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A statement signed by the Command spokesperson, Bright Edafe says two AK-47 rifles, two hundred thousand naira cash, gold pieces of jewelry, an empty magazine and the dead body of one of the suspects were recovered after the other two fled abandoning their tricycle.
The statement further said Twenty-year-old Cyril Enishoke and thirty-two years old Eghogho Joseph have been arrested in a separate operation at a criminal hideout in Ozoro, headquarters of Isoko-North Local Government Area of Delta State.
Large quantities of a substance suspected to be Indian Hemp was recovered from the two suspects who are currently undergoing investigation.
Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe
